Pin-hinge snap fastener



Filed May 19, 1927 J H GOSS PIN HINGE SNAP FASTENER Nov. 15, 1927.

Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

UNTTED STAT PATENT OFFICE.:

JOHN E. GOSS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTIGUT,.ASSIGNOR `T0 SCOVIiL MANUFCTUR- .ING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

PIN-HINGE SNAP 'ras'rnnnn Application sied may 19,

This invention consistsof a pin fastener ot' the snap-fastener type, vin which either the socket member or the head or stud member is hingedly connected with the pin, so that either member maybe engaged with or disengaged from its mate by pivotal move` ment on the pin, as I will proceed now more particularly to explain and finally claim.

It will be understood that when the socket member is pivoted upon the pin, the complemental vstud member will be fixedly secured to the part to be attached, and that when the stud member' is pivoted upon the pin, the mating socket member will betixedly secured to Jdie part to be attached.

lVhe-n usedfor securing covers to npliolstered bodies, as in the upholstered parts of automobiles, the fixed members will be attached to the covers and the pin members will be stuck in the upholstered parts, so as to register correctly with` the lixedmember's, whereby the fixed members may be engaged with the piu members to hold the cover in place'. y l

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a trent elevation, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation illustrating one form of the invention in which the socket member is the hinge-d member, the parts being indicated as mounted substantially as they will appear in use. Fig. 3 is a front elevation and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form ot the device. Fig. 5 is a front elevation and Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the invention embodied in a single pin fastener. Fig. 7 is a front elevation and Fig. 8 is a side elevation illustrating a modification of the single pin structure shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 9 is a plan view with the parts mounted as they would be in use, and showing the stud member hinged to the pin and the socket member fixed to one of the parts to be secured. Fig. l0 is a view similar to Fig. 9 but with the stud disengaged from the socket.

As shown in Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4, there is a double-pointed pin l, having the upper portions of its limbs bent over to form a loop 2 having the cross piece 3; the loop being spaced apart from the limbs as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4.

To this cross piece 3 is hingedly applied either the socket member or the stud member of a snap fastener; and in the instances 1927.. serial no. 192,570.

shown in Figs. l, 2 and Figs. 3, 4, the mein-L ber is thesocket member 4. This socket member is shown asa loop of spring Wire, having the eyes 5 by which it is hingedly con,n nected to the cross piece Sandhaving its limbs bowed or curved outwardly, as shown at G, toterm a stud-engaging element, and

thence extended into a lingerhold `7. In other words, the socket member isa piece of resilient wire bent upon itself and oneend closed and the hinging eyes at 'the freeends andthe intermediate portions bowed ,out'

wa'rdly to form the stud-engaging elements.

Obviously, the elasticity of thewire `thus. shaped is availed of to make a secure Icone" nection with the stud. In practice the .pin will be stuck 'into the upholstery 8, `forex? ample, `the upholstered automobilebody,`

while any suitablecomplementary or mating snap fastener element 9, is iXedly secured to a cover l() which is to be detachably applied to the upholstered portion; t i* `Inasmuch as the strain on the pin is in the directionoi itspoints, it is obvious that'the engagement oit' the pin with the upholstery in the loop will aord avery secure mounting-for the pin.

The spread of the member 4 is limited by its hinging ends coming into contact with the ends of the cross piece 3 of the pin.

The engagement of the member 4 with the member 9, is effected by moving member 4 from the dotted line position, Fig. 2, into the full line position, same ligure, and the separation or disengagement ot member 4 with the member 9 is eiected by moving said member 4 from the full line position to the dotted line position, Fig. 2.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the member 4 has the material ot its hinging eyes extended rearwardly Vtoward the limbs ot the pin and pointed, at l1, and these pointed terminals are utilized to pierce the upholsteryV and thus atford an additional hold to `retain the pin in position.

The invention may be applied to a single limb pin, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, wherein instead of making the loop end ot the pin as in Figs. l to 4, it may be made of substantially triangular form, as at 12. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the hinging eyes of the snap fastener element may have their roo purpose as that described in connection with the form shown in Figs. 3 and As shown in Figs. 9 and 10, instead of using the hinged member as a socket member, the hinged `n ieinber may `befthe stud member; and as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, this stud member has the head 14 strnok up from a body l and provided with a shank 16 which is hinged at 17 toa cross-piece 18 `of the looped end 19 of the pin so as to swing freely thereon. The looped end 18l may be bent as shown in Figs. 9 and 10 so asl to present stops on either side to preventiundue latera tippingto. a sidewise strain, andthis partien'larly true of the single pin construction shown in Figs. T and 8. i Variations in details of` construction are permissible.within-the principle of the inl ventioli` and the claims following..

1. In a` snap. fastener, a pin having a looped head` providedwith a cross piece, and asnap fastener member hingedly applied to saidcross piece. y y

2. In a snap fastener, a pin yhaving a looped head provided with a cross piece, and a resilient loop"d hingedly connected with said cross piece and adapted to engage a mating member of the snap fastener. y

3. In a snap fastener, a pin having a looped head provided `with a Cross piece, and a resilient loop hingedly connected with said cross piece and adapted to engage a mating member of the snap fastener, the hinging element of the resilient loop having its, ends turned toward the "pin, and pointed to engage the material in which the pin is stnek. A y

"4.. In a snap fastener, a double-pointed pin having a looped head provided with a cross piece, and a snap` fastener element hingedlv mounted on said cross piece in snilpstantially iixed relation to thel limbs of the Pn- 5. In a snap fastener, pin havin i a looped head, and,` a stud-engaging `meinier i hingedly applied' to said looped head by means` of eyes thereon and having bowed JOHN H. Goss.

portions between said eyes 5nd the opposite 

